Its real. I was talking to a friend of mine, who’s black, about this. She said her prom in Mississippi was segregated. I can’t remember why she said they had different proms but she wasn’t upset about it. She said both sides wanted it that way and there was not anger or hurt feelings about it. She also said that all of the students, black and white, were friends at school, played sports, hung out, got along, etc. Life isn’t always “black and white” so to speak. Especially in the south.

@Mrs.KMM: yeah, I saw that and didn’t quite understand. I guess i thought proms are always through the school. This makes me sad that so many parents would encourage this. I think the school should start its own prom open to all people for the kids who don’t want to take part in segregated proms. I honestly can’t believe we’re talking about this in 2013.

eTa: I see the kids are doing that, which is wonderful. I just really wish the school would take an official position ot sponsor the integrated prom. It’s important to have the backing of legitimate institutions against these insane segregated practices.

Yeah…I gues there is a group of girls trying to throw an integrated prom at that school in GA. They put up signs and people keep taking it down – was on the local news yesterday. I live in southern GA and it’s such an unusual place to live. There are a lot of great things, but it’s frustrating how far behind a lot of things seem to be down here.